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From:
Russ Allbery
Date:
April 26, 2012 09:08
Subject:
Re: =item 1. Error
Message ID:
87zk9yfpbh.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu
Shawn H Corey <shawnhcorey@gmail.com> writes:
> On 12-04-26 11:57 AM, Russ Allbery wrote:
>> 1. If the =item tags are numeric, ignore the value of the numbers and just
>> renumber them. This is similar to what other markup languages do, but
>> it has the significant problem of making it a bit more annoying to
>> document, say, a list of exit status returns, where several numbers are
>> skipped.
> =over
> =item Z<>42
> The answer to the Ultimate Question.
> =back
Which is why I said "a bit more annoying" rather than "impossible."
However, I still think it's not in the spirit of POD to require that ugly
hack.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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